Pulse

When Pucks Fly and Corn Dogs Fry

At many large public gatherings, event medicine has emerged as the most valuable player.

 

No Room in the ER

Is the emergency department overcrowding crisis over?

 

The Healing Touch

Today’s emergency patients want more than just acute care—they want complementary therapies.

 

Invisible Wounds

Military and veterans hospitals are seeing an increase in the number of soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.

 

End Notes

If You Should Wake Up

Can a fall from a ladder lead to a new perspective on life?

By David Dvorak, M.D.
January 2005 | Back to Table of Contents

Cover Story

If Disaster Strikes

In the wake of 9/11, Minnesota hospitals have geared up to care for victims of mass-casualty incidents. But if a large-scale event were to happen, are we prepared for the worst?

By Linda Zespy

 

Face to Face

On the Level

Skilled, dedicated, and with a no- nonsense style, J. Kevin Croston, M.D., helped make North Memorial Medical Center one of the state’s powerhouse trauma centers.

By Richard Broderick
 

Feature

Fire and Flu

A fire in northeastern Minnesota at the height of the 1918 flu pandemic tested the state’s disaster-response mettle.

By Lisa Freitag, M.D.

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

Raising the Bar for Trauma Care in Minnesota: Proposal for a Statewide Trauma System

By David M. Larson, M.D., and Tim Held
 

Epidemiology of Trauma in Minnesota

By Jon Roesler, M.S., Mark Kinde, M.P.H., Anna Gaichas, M.S., Curtis Fraser, and Mark Phillips
 

Pediatric Trauma—Unique Considerations in Evaluating and Treating Children

By Jeffrey S. Schiff, M.D., Brian Moore, M.D., and Jeff Louie, M.D.

 

Perspective

Rural Minnesota Needs a Trauma System

The proposed trauma system is a better, and doable, way of caring for injured patients.

By James L. Harris, M.D.
 

Editor's Note

The Tempest of Trauma

 

MMA Viewpoint

 

MMA News

Attend the MMA’s Day at the Capitol
AMA Adopts Minnesota Resolutions
MMA Responds to Governor’s Cost-Control Plan
Safety Conference Focuses on Partnering with Patients

 

Letters

 
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